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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Origanum majorana (Lamiaceae)

Common Names
Marjoram; Sweet Marjoram
How this plant is used
Food

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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
ETHYL-MYRISTATE 1 Essential Oil *
ETHYL-MYRISTATE 1 Plant Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
ETHYL-OLEATE 1 Plant Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
ETHYL-PALMITATE 1 Plant Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
ETHYL-STEARATE 0 Plant Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
ETHYL-TRANS-HEXADECENOATE 0 Essential Oil *
ETHYL-TRANSHEXADECANOATE 0 Plant Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
EUGENOL 76 Leaf Essent. Oil 255000.0 -0.35 *
EUGENOL 76 Plant 200.0 2000.0 0.47 *
FAT 0 Plant 8000.0 77950.0 0.38 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
FIBER 15 Plant 170170.0 220600.0 -0.02 *
FIXED-OIL 0 Seed *
GAMMA-ELEMENE 0 Essential Oil *
GAMMA-ELEMENE 0 Plant Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
GAMMA-TERPINENE 11 Essential Oil 48000.0 213000.0 2.09 *
GAMMA-TERPINENE 11 Leaf 210.0 2370.0 4.20 *
GAMMA-TERPINENE 11 Leaf Essent. Oil 180000.0 1.63 *
GERANIOL 35 Essential Oil 0.0 -0.68 *
GERANIOL 35 Plant Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
GERANIOL-ACETATE 0 Essential Oil 27000.0 *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antitic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antitinnitic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
AntiTNF 2 *
Antitrichinosic 1 Madaus, G. 1976. Lehrbuch der Biologischen Hilfmittel. Vol,. 1-3. 2862 pp. (+ 144 p. index). Georg Olms Verlag, Hildescheim. Reprint of 1938 Madaus.
Antitriglyceride 1 Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000.
Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Antitrypanosomic 3 *
Antitubercular 1 *
Antitumor 17 Zheng, G-Q., Kenney, P.M., and Lam, L.K.T. Sesquiterpenes From Clove (Eugenia caryophyllata) As Potential Anticarcinogenic Agents. Journal of Natural Products 55(7): 999-1003, 1992.
Antitumor (brain) 1 Chiang, L. C., Chiang, W., Chang, M. Y., Ng, L. T., Lin, C. C. 2003. Antileukemic activity of selected natural products in Taiwan. Am J Chin Med, 31(1):37-46.
Antitumor (Breast) 5 *
Antitumor (Cervix) 2 *
Antitumor (CNS) 1 *
Antitumor (Colon) 6 *
Antitumor (Forestomach) 1 *
Antitumor (Gastric) 1 *
Antitumor (Kidney) 1 Chiang, L. C., Chiang, W., Chang, M. Y., Ng, L. T., Lin, C. C. 2003. Antileukemic activity of selected natural products in Taiwan. Am J Chin Med, 31(1):37-46.
Antitumor (Liver) 2 *
Antitumor (Lung) 5 *
Antitumor (Ovary) 1 Chiang, L. C., Chiang, W., Chang, M. Y., Ng, L. T., Lin, C. C. 2003. Antileukemic activity of selected natural products in Taiwan. Am J Chin Med, 31(1):37-46.
Antitumor (Pancreas) 3 *